Eddie Khan

Anyone have any info on Eddie Khan? he played with Eric Dolphy and Max Roach in the early 60's, circa the "we insist!" period. I can't dredge up a biography or a photo of him anywhere, or even if he's alive...

I could be wrong about this, but i believe he died a
number of years ago. He was living in San Bernadino,
Ca. My friend has (and plays) his bass. I will make a
call to make sure my facts are correct. This is not
something i would like to make a mistake about.
Eddie was great player.

I just got hold of wonderful footage of Eddie with Max Roach - looks like he had very clean technique, prob. classically trained. I'll try to get some screenshots posted.....maybe someone like Paul W. or Don Higdon would know more about Eddie???

Thanks for the pics...Man, he has a strange stance. Looks like a very tall cat with the pin all the way in. Just the opposite of you Mingus!
I've heard Eddie's name for years, but never heard him play. It's obvious by the company he kept, that he was great.
I speak in the past tense only because this is the first time i've heard his name in many years.

Thanks for the pics...Man, he has a strange stance. Looks like a very tall cat with the pin all the way in. Just the opposite of you Mingus!
I've heard Eddie's name for years, but never heard him play. It's obvious by the company he kept, that he was great.
I speak in the past tense only because this is the first time i've heard his name in many years.

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I've since changed to having my endpin in, and holding the bass straight upright!

Yeah, Eddie is just one of many great players that seemed to have dissapeared without a trace, and it's just a shame and a mystery. It's great that a fan "brought back" Henry Grimes to the world - hopefully it can happen again.

Eddie played really good bass. Nothing groundbreaking, just good bass. Often times, that's all we need.

I have Eddie on a classic Blue-note recording by Freddie Hubbard called "Breaking Point" and it mentions in the liner notes that Eddie also appears on Jackie Mclean's Blue-note release called "One Step Beyond".
It also mentions he was known as a tenor sax player around the San Francisco area.

Eddie died of lung cancer in 1986 or early 1987. He ended
up at his moms house in San Bernadino, Ca. A bassist
friend of mine whose family still lives next door, has his
bass. It gets played all the time. I'm told Eddie was a real
sweetheart.

Eddie died of lung cancer in 1986 or early 1987. He ended
up at his moms house in San Bernadino, Ca. A bassist
friend of mine whose family still lives next door, has his
bass. It gets played all the time. I'm told Eddie was a real
sweetheart.

I found a CD this week w.Eddie on one cut.It's a Blue Note by Donald Byrd called "Blackjack".
I really bought it because I am a big Hank Mobley fan,But there's a Jimmy Heath blues called "All Members' w. Eddie playing bass,Herbie on piano,Jimmy and Tootie Heath on tenor and drums respectfully ,and Donald on trumpet and Sonny Red on alto .The album 's regular tracks include Cedar Walton,Hank Mobley,Sonny Red,Billy Higgins,and Walter Booker on bass.
They play kidda in the Sidewinder Mode,but everyone sounds great.A nice CD for under 8 bucks....

Mr. Khan gets into it around 2:30 in this clip. Interesting stance, he does appear to be quite tall. There are other clips linked to this one that are also very nice including a version of "Tears for Johannesburg" where Khan is playing behind bars(?!?!). The material is tunes from Max Roach's "We Insist" record, which is very good, but the bassist on the album is not Eddie Khan, if i remember correctly.

I listening to Eric Dolphy with Eddie Kahn right now. "The Illinois Concert". I haven't listened to this in a long time and didn't pay much attention to Eddie. He's playing some cool sh!t. I wish I could hear the bass better though.

there is a great andrew hill record called 'smokestack' (his 3rd on blue note in the early 60's) which features roy haynes, and both richard davis and eddie kahn on basses, in a two bass piano quartet. i believe one track is trio w/ davis. eddie's playing carries the record in a great way during davis' more adventurous moments.